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ON DREAMS,

IN THEIR

MENTAL AND MORAL ASPECTS,

AND

AS AFFORDING AUXILIARY ARGUMENTS

FOR THE EXISTENCE OF SPIRIT,
FOR A "SEPARATE STATE,"

FOR A PARTICULAR PROVIDENCE.

In Two Essays,

BY JOHN SHEPPARD,

AUTHOR OF THOUGHTS ON DEVOTION, ETC.

BIBLIOTEE

Οὐδὲ γε ὅπως ἄφρων ἔσται ἡ ψυχή ἐπειδὰν τοῦ ἄφρονος
σώματος δίχα γένηται, οὐδὲ τοῦτο πέπεισμαι. Αλλ' ὅταν
ἄκρατος καὶ καθαρὸς ὁ νοῦς ἐκκριθῆ, τότε καὶ Φρονιμώτατον
εἰκὸς αὐτὸν εἶναι.—Cyrus, apud Xenoph.

"De tels faits, dont l'univers est tout plein, embarrassent
plus les esprits forts qu'ils ne le témoignent."-Bayle, Dict
Histor. Majus, Note D. Maldonat. G.

LONDON:

JACKSON AND WALFORD,

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD.

LONDON:

R. CLAY, PRINTER, BREAD STREET HILL.

TO THE REVEREND

JOHN STUART HIPPISLEY HORNER,

PRESIDENT OF THE

FROME SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY INSTITUTION,

These Essays,

FOUNDED ON LECTURES THERE DELIVERED

IN MDCCCXLV. AND MDCCCXLVI.

ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.

PREFACE.

THESE Essays will be found to contain so unusually large a share of citations, that the writer may be regarded by some rather as a compiler of materials, than as presenting thoughts of his own.

It will be found, however, that-excepting a very few passages introduced as slightly illustrative, or ornamental—the citations consist of facts and authorities. Had these been omitted, any opinions advanced could have had but small weight or worth. ratives of facts demand space: inferences

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